WoRMS taxon details

Microphthalmus Mecznikow, 1865

129313  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129313)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Nereidiformia (Suborder)
  8. Microphthalmidae (Family)
  9. Microphthalmus (Genus)
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  1. Species Microphthalmus aberrans (Webster & Benedict, 1887)
  2. Species Microphthalmus aciculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
  3. Species Microphthalmus aggregatus Riser, 2000
  4. Species Microphthalmus ancistrosylliiformis Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
  5. Species Microphthalmus antarcticus Bick, 1998
  6. Species Microphthalmus arenarius Westheide, 1973
  7. Species Microphthalmus bermudensis Westheide, 1973
  8. Species Microphthalmus biantennatus Wu, Zhao & Westheide, 1993
  9. Species Microphthalmus bifurcatus Hartmann-Schröder, 1974
  10. Species Microphthalmus carolinensis Westheide & Rieger, 1987
  11. Species Microphthalmus coustalini Fournier, 1991
  12. Species Microphthalmus ephippiophorus Clausen, 1986
  13. Species Microphthalmus fragilis Bobretzky, 1870
  14. Species Microphthalmus hartmanae Westheide, 1977
  15. Species Microphthalmus hvalr Watson, Gunton & Kupriyanova, 2024
  16. Species Microphthalmus hystrix Fournier, 1991
  17. Species Microphthalmus indefatigatus Westheide, 1974
  18. Species Microphthalmus japonicus Yamanishi, 1984
  19. Species Microphthalmus listensis Westheide, 1967
  20. Species Microphthalmus mahensis Westheide, 2013
  21. Species Microphthalmus monilicornis Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
  22. Species Microphthalmus nahantensis Westheide & Rieger, 1987
  23. Species Microphthalmus onychophorus Westheide, 1994
  24. Species Microphthalmus paraberrans Hartmann-Schröder, 1982
  25. Species Microphthalmus pettiboneae Riser, 2000
  26. Species Microphthalmus pseudoaberrans Campoy & Vieitez, 1982
  27. Species Microphthalmus riojai Reish, 1968
  28. Species Microphthalmus riseri Westheide, 1994
  29. Species Microphthalmus sczelkowii Mecznikow, 1865
  30. Species Microphthalmus similis Bobretzky, 1870
  31. Species Microphthalmus simplicichaetosus Westheide & Purschke, 1992
  32. Species Microphthalmus southerni Westheide, 1967
  33. Species Microphthalmus stocki Hartmann-Schröder, 1980
  34. Species Microphthalmus tyrrhenicus Zunareli Vandini, 1967
  35. Species Microphthalmus urofimbriata Alikuhni, 1943
  36. Species Microphthalmus westheidei Hartmann-Schröder, 1982
  37. Species Microphthalmus hamosus Westheide, 1982 accepted as Westheideius hamosus (Westheide, 1982) (superseded original combination)
  38. Species Microphthalmus pacificus (Friedrich, 1956) accepted as Fridericiella pacifica (Friedrich, 1956) (superseded recombination)
  39. Species Microphthalmus intermedius (Uchida, 2004) accepted as Uncopodarke intermedia Uchida in Uchida, Lopéz & Sato, 2019 (uncertain > nomen dubium, unavailable as types not established)
  40. Species Microphthalmus itoi Uchida, 2004 (uncertain > nomen dubium, unavailable (Art.16)?)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mecznikow, Elias [actual spelling]; Metschnikow, [alternate spelling]; Metschnikoff, [alternate spelling]. (1865). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Chaetopoden. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 15(3): 328-341, plates 24-25., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45004105
page(s): 334; note: new genus for new species Microphthalmus sczelkowii [details] OpenAccess publication
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Microphthalmus Mecznikow, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129313 on 2025-07-14
Date
action
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2013-10-22 21:07:32Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey
2023-04-03 19:45:34Z
changed
Gil, João

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Nomenclature

original description Mecznikow, Elias [actual spelling]; Metschnikow, [alternate spelling]; Metschnikoff, [alternate spelling]. (1865). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Chaetopoden. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 15(3): 328-341, plates 24-25., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45004105
page(s): 334; note: new genus for new species Microphthalmus sczelkowii [details] OpenAccess publication

Identification resource

identification resource Westheide, Wilfried. (2013). Microphthalmus mahensis sp.n. (Annelida, Phyllodocida) together with an annotated key of the genus. <i>Helgoland Marine Research</i>. 67(3): 413-422., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-012-0332-1
page(s): 419 [key and list of valid species] [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] 

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Wiklund, Helena; Ramos, Dino A.; Neal, Lenka; Glasby, Christopher J.; Gunton, Laetitia M. (2023). The annelid community of a natural deep-sea whale fall off eastern Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 75(3): 167-213., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/georgieva-2023-rec-aust-mus-753-167213/
page(s): 177, figure 11; note: un-named species from Whale skull off Byron Bay, NSW, Australia, beam trawl, start: 28.05°S 154.08°E, 999 m, end: 28.10°S 154.08°E, 1013 m [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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Classification Uncertain (Rouse & Pleijel, 2003). Pleijel (1998:150) indicated that Microphthalmus, is not regarded as a hesionid genus by him, and Dahlgren et al. (2000) found that Microphthalmus appears as the sister group to pilargids (or nested within that group). Hesionides and Microphthalmus (Microphthalminae) are interstitial animals traditionally placed in Hesionidae.  [details]

Synonymy The monotypic Uncopodarke Uchida, 2004 is probably a synonym of Microphthalmus according to Westheide (2013). However, the name is unavailable in any case. [details]
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